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GregNelson

  1. Mother's Day at Blue Goose... twitter.com/GregNelson/sta… 4:17 PM May 13th via Camera on iOS from Dallas, TX  
  2. A sobering article that every football fan should read: Football, dogfighting, and brain damage (The New Yorker, 2009) j.mp/fvFh8S 10:42 AM May 6th via Instapaper
  3. At the Mav's game (Cate's dance company performed). Me: "That was a PHENOMENAL play!" Jack: "Like a boss." 5:59 PM Apr 20th via Twitter for iPhone
  4. Boston College deserved to to win, but Ferris State played them tight until the very end. FS showed why they were in the finals. 7:42 PM Apr 7th via Twitter for iPhone
  5. We are "lucky" enough to be guardian for the class rat this long weekend. We learned rats are nocturnal. Jack noted the dog is "dayturnal." 7:06 PM Apr 6th via Twitter for iPhone
  6. Frustrating, frustrating night to be a Minnesota hockey fan. The puck had Boston College eyes all game. 8:21 PM Apr 5th via Twitter for iPad
  7. Gophers lost in the NIT finals, but we'll have to console ourselves with making it to the NCAA Final Four. That's hockey, people. Hockey. 6:58 PM Mar 29th via Twitter for iPhone
  8. Just listened to TAM's retraction episode in which they repudiate Mike Daisy's monologue (bit.ly/GMS8pi). Daisy did himself no favors 8:04 AM Mar 24th via Twitter for Mac
  9. The Gophers will play some more basketball in New York. Awesome. 5:54 PM Mar 21st via Twitter for iPhone
  10. How good did Minnesota look tonight? How bad did Miami look tonight? 7:16 PM Mar 19th via Twitter for iPad
  11. Me: "I'm really proud of you for sticking with your math homework until you got everything right." Jack: "Your breath smells like chips." 7:41 PM Mar 8th via Twitter for iPhone
  12. iPad 2, you disgust me. 7:49 PM Mar 7th via Twitter for iPad
  13. Theory: something is NOT food if the dog will play with it but not eat it. Conclusion: raisins = not food. 7:48 PM Mar 7th via Twitter for iPad
  14. Cate took the dog "for a walk" but somehow they both ended up in the creek. Luckily, Cate was wearing her fancy purple dress shoes. 2:03 PM Jan 22nd via Twitter for iPad
  15. I'm rooting for New England just so I don't have to look at that mustache for another two weeks. 12:12 PM Jan 22nd via Twitter for iPad
  16. Is Lewis Hamilton TRYING to make it hard to be a fan?!? gqm.ag/yk4gEw 11:00 AM Jan 14th via Twitter for iPad
  17. Cate voluntarily cooked made-to-order breakfasts for everyone. This is clearly the zenith of our parenting skills. 7:23 AM Jan 14th via Twitter for iPad
  18. Anyone buying electronics made in China (read: all of us) needs to listen to This American Life. Eye opening. Balanced. bit.ly/A5wllH 7:27 PM Jan 13th via Twitter for iPad
  19. Tens of millions of television viewers watching the only American institution with lower approval ratings than Congress. #BCS 7:34 PM Jan 9th via Twitter for iPad
  20. Client requirement for their new field applications: EAB. "Easy as Angry Birds." Love it. 12:19 PM Jan 4th via Twitter for Mac